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Southern American English, African-American Vernacular English, Gullah, African languages
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African-American North Carolinians or Black North Carolinians are residents of the state of North Carolina who are of African ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 22% of the state's population.[3] African enslaved people were brought to North Carolina during the slave trade.[4]
^"North Carolina". blackdemographics.com.
^"Religious Landscape Study".
^"North Carolina QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. 2011. Archived from the original on January 19, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
^"NCpedia | NCpedia".
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